 Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that...  The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith - Pagina 27door Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 254 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1832 - 496 pagina’s
...taught his little school r Full well they laugh'd with uniinemblfi glee At all hit jokn, for many a joke had he : Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he trown'dj Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The lore he bore to learning was in fault GOLDSMITH.... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 332 pagina’s
...Full well the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face. * » * * * Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frown'd." The pupils are represented, by the author of the " Country Schoolmaster," in the " American... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 328 pagina’s
...Full well the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face. * * * • * Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frown'd." The pupils are represented, by the author of the " Country Schoolmaster," in the " American... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pagina’s
...joke had he; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd : Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love...Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran—that he could guage: In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pagina’s
...had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'dYet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore...Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage And e'en the story ran — that he could gauge: In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 pagina’s
...had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey 'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd : Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he...how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that he could... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 604 pagina’s
...we be permitted to advert to one instance where sketching the village schoolmaster we are told — " Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault." But this may have been merely a remnant of that provincialism which occasionally clung to him in manner,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 600 pagina’s
...we be permitted to advert to one instance where sketching the village schoolmaster we are told — " Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.'' But this may have been merely a remnant of that provincialism which occasionally clung to him in manner,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 558 pagina’s
...permitted to advert to one instance where sketching the village schoolmaster we are told — " Vet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault." But this may have been merely a remnant of that provincialism which occasionally clung to him in manner,... | |
 | Samuel Worcester - 1837 - 264 pagina’s
...his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. 1 * 8. Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village... | |
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